The Craziest Sky I’ve Ever Seen

A night of fireworks, lightning, and a comet hanging on the sky separating them. It’s like a painting of Heaven, Earth and Hell by Hieronymus Bosch. But it’s not a painting. It’s a real sky. It happened in Perth, Australia. More »

Wind Turbines May Not Be the Prettiest Structures, But They’re a Real Cash-Cow For Residents

It’s usually disheartening to wake up and discover the wind is blowing. But if that wind is proving to be quite the money-spinner, you may feel differently about the huge white objects dotted around the horizon. And the wind. More »

Top Stories: May, 2011

Ceci n’est pas une Photoshop | See how National Geographic’s Frans Lanting captured this stunning image

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On Life, Love and Remembering Those Who Died for Us

Today is a day of beach, gardens and nicely burnt burgers. It’s also the day in which we remember those who died while in military service, whether it was during peace time or fighting rightful or wrong wars. More »

Broken Lens Horror Stories

When was the last time you put premium gas in your rental car? Or washed a rental car for that matter? Or were careful with a U-haul truck? You weren’t. Because it’s not yours, and that is the pattern we see some times with our gear at BorrowLenses.com. More »

Germany’s Scrapping All Nuclear Power Plants by 2022

Following the Fukushima disaster, Germany’s decided that its 17 nuclear power plants will either stay closed, or be shut down in the next 11 years, despite relying on nuclear power for almost 23 per cent of its energy. More »

Blue Angels Commanding Officer Steps Down for Flying Too Aggressively

Commander Dave Koss, commanding officer of the Navy’s venerable Blue Angels flight demonstration team, has voluntarily stepped down after taking his four-man team too close to the flight deck during a Barrel Roll Break maneuver. More »

Top Stories: Friday, May 27, 2011

Universal Map | This is most complete listing of our local universe to date.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab: Human Outside, Android Inside

If you’re not a nerd, you shouldn’t buy an Android tablet. Not yet. This one is just like those, except it’s first the one to at least feel like a tablet for real people. More »

This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s app roundup: leafs, identified; music, voice recognized; Jackass, documented; keyboards, personalized; BBC News, Androidified; Amazon free apps, notified; food, stylized; and much, much more. More »